Half-naked woman's death ruled accidental

The death a woman found lying in her yard was caused by an accident, according to the Paulding County Coroner's Office. A neighbouring couple found the 63-year-old victim unconscious, half-naked and bleeding, lying face-down in her front yard.

"She looked like she wasn't breathing. She looked like she'd been there for a while. She looked like she'd been rolling around in the mud for a while," said neighbour Randy Brown.



Brown said he found the victim's pants and underwear nearby. An overturned plate of Thanksgiving food was on the stairs leading up to her home on William Drive, just outside of Dallas, Ga. When police arrived, they said there were no signs of forced entry to the home, but the woman had a gash on her head.

Investigators originally said they were investigating the incident as a homicide by assault, but after an autopsy, a representative from the coroner's office said the woman fell down her front steps and died.

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